PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

We partner with the best digital health entrepreneurs at an early stage to build companies that improve care, lower costs, and increase patient convenience.

Leading U.S. seed investor in digital health

More Capital

We provide significant capital to our digital health companies. Investments from LDH are up to $500k in the seed round, and often lead to us participating in any follow-on rounds.

Co-Location

Portfolio companies co-locate with us in our SF digital health hub for at least 12 months (and often much longer) to allow for maximum collaboration and benefit.

Mentoring

Teams will participate in structured mentoring with the LDH partners and healthcare/IT advisors based on their needs. Companies also have access to our corporate partners with experience in healthcare, strategy, scaling, accounting, risk management, and legal services.

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FAQ About LDH Investments

How do you choose which companies to invest in?

We're looking for companies that can deliver significant advantages to patient care, costs and convenience - broadly defined. Naturally we prefer large markets, but many of the opportunities we fund will be new (and unsized). We're looking for management teams that are passionate about improving the health system and building company value.

Do you fund start ups?

We fund start ups and businesses that are already off the ground and ready for true acceleration. Our criteria is to fund companies for 12+ months.

If I get funded, what happens next?

We work with portfolio companies to refine business strategies and plans through our structured mentorship program. All of our portfolio companies will co-locate with us at our new Digital Health Hub to give us great collaboration access and to give the portfolio companies the benefit of cross pollination of great ideas on a continual basis.

When I co-locate with you, what is the space like?

It's an open 3-story building (all us) housing about 100 people from 20 startups in the Mid-Market area of SF, near Twitter, Dolby, and Uber. Our building is a fantastic collaborative working environment for startups, especially alongside many other digital health companies. We are right in the heart of the digital health sector.

Is this the only place I can work?

Of course not. But we're big on the value of mentoring and cross pollination, so you should plan to spend a majority of the working week co-located here.

Who are the mentors and how do they get involved?

The founders are the primary mentors of the companies. They hold regular meetings with companies and coordinate the structured modules. In addition, we bring on specialists in certain areas (law, marketing, finance, etc.) to host open sessions for all of the portfolio companies and for one-on-one attention. Many of the investors also have experiences that are valuable to startups and accelerating businesses. Lastly, our fantastic and growing Advisory Board brings additional deep understanding of the healthcare and technology sectors.

I have already raised money for my start up. Should I apply?

It depends - if you've raised money (e.g. less than $500,000), you should definitely apply. If you've raised more, you should still apply and let's discuss it. We're typically targeting companies that have not raised substantial institutional capital, but we don't have a "hard and fast rule" about this. Get in touch and together let's figure out if it makes sense.

What should be included in an application?

A good start is a basic business plan, slide deck and projections. Make sure it includes all of the basics, including, but not limited to, the problem you are addressing and your solution, some basic market sizing, your development timelines, your go-to-market strategy and a forecast of the revenue, costs and profit potential of your business. You should also include the background of all team members and some discussion of the competitive environment.

I submitted an application. What happens next?

Awesome, you're on your way! We may contact you with questions or to discuss particulars of your application and business plans. We review applications when we receive them and once the submission deadline passes, we will short-list applicants for in-person presentations. Funding decisions and funding are expected to be made for companies shortly thereafter.